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1 EMC Storage Analytics Version Installation and User Guide REV 02

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3 CONTENTS Figures 5 Tables 7 Chapter 1 Introduction 9 Overview References Terminology Chapter 2 Installation and licensing 13 Installation overview Installation and operating requirements...16 Installing vrealize Operations Manager...19 Installing the EMC Adapter and dashboards Adapter instances Adding an EMC Adapter instance for vcenter Adding EMC Adapter instances for your storage system...24 Editing EMC Adapter instances for your storage system...27 Chapter 3 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards 29 Topology mapping...30 VNX Block topology...31 VNX File topology VMAX topology...33 VNXe topology VPLEX Local topology VPLEX Metro topology XtremIO topology EMC dashboards Storage Topology dashboard...39 Storage Metrics dashboard VNX Overview dashboard VMAX Overview dashboard VNXe Overview dashboard VPLEX Overview dashboard...47 VPLEX Performance dashboard...48 VPLEX Communication dashboard...50 XtremIO Overview dashboard XtremIO Performance dashboard...52 Topology dashboards...53 Metrics dashboards Top-N dashboards...55 Dashboard XChange...56 Chapter 4 Resource Kinds and Metrics 57 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide 3

4 CONTENTS VNX Block metrics VNX File metrics VMAX metrics...75 VNXe metrics...78 VPLEX metrics XtremIO metrics Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 105 Badges for monitoring resources Navigating inventory trees EMC symptoms, alerts, and recommendations Event correlation Viewing all alerts Finding resource alerts Locating alerts that affect the health score for a resource List of alerts Launching Unisphere Installation logs Log Insight overview Log Insight configuration Sending logs to Log Insight Error handling and event logging Viewing error logs Creating and downloading a support bundle Log file sizes and rollover counts Finding adapter instance IDs Configuring log file sizes and rollover counts Activating configuration changes Verifying configuration changes Editing the Collection Interval for a resource Configuring the thread count for an adapter instance Connecting to vrealize Operations Manager by using SSH Configuring a secure connection for VMAX adapters Frequently Asked Questions EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

5 FIGURES EMC adapter architecture...10 VNX Block topology VNX File topology...32 VMAX topology VNXe topology VPLEX Local topology...36 VPLEX Metro topology...37 XtremIO topology...38 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide 5

6 FIGURES 6 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

7 TABLES Licensing options for vrealize Operations Manager Installation and Upgrade options...15 Dashboard-to-product matrix...39 VNX Block metrics for Array...58 VNX Block metrics for Disk...58 VNX Block metrics for FAST Cache...59 VNX Block metrics for Pool LUN...60 VNX Block metrics for RAID Group VNX Block metrics for RAID Group LUN VNX Block metrics for SP Front-end Port VNX Block metrics for Storage Pool VNX Block metrics for Storage Processor...65 VNX Block metrics for Tier VNX File metrics for Array VNX File metrics for Data Mover VNX File metrics for dvol...72 VNX File metrics for File Pool VNX File metrics for File System VMAX metrics for Device VMAX metrics for FAST VP Policy VMAX metrics for Front-End Director...75 VMAX metrics for Front-End Port...76 VMAX metrics for Remote Replica Group VMAX metrics for SRDF Director...76 VMAX metrics for Storage Group VMAX metrics for Thin Pool VNXe metrics for EMC Adapter Instance VNXe metrics for Disk VNXe metrics for Fast Cache...79 VNXe metrics for File System...79 VNXe metrics for LUN VNXe metrics for Storage Pool...80 VNXe metrics for Storage Processor VNXe metrics for Tier...85 VPLEX metrics for Cluster VPLEX metrics for Director VPLEX metrics for Distributed Device...91 VPLEX metrics for Engine...92 VPLEX metrics for Ethernet Port VPLEX metrics for Extent Device VPLEX metrics for FC Port VPLEX metrics for Local Device...94 VPLEX metrics for Storage Array VPLEX metrics for Storage View...95 VPLEX metrics for Storage Volume...96 VPLEX metrics for Virtual Volume VPLEX metrics for VPLEX Metro...98 XtremIO metrics for Cluster XtremIO metrics for Data Protection Group XtremIO metrics for Snapshot XtremIO metrics for SSD EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide 7

8 TABLES XtremIO metrics for Storage Controller XtremIO metrics for Volume XtremIO metrics for X-Brick List of VNX Block alerts List of VNX File alerts EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

9 CHAPTER 1 Introduction This chapter contains the following topics. Overview References Terminology Introduction 9

10 Introduction Overview VMware vrealize Operations Manager is a software product that collects performance and capacity data from monitored software and hardware resources. It provides users with real time information about potential problems in the enterprise. vrealize Operations Manager presents data and analysis in several ways: Through alerts that warn of potential or occurring problems. In configurable dashboards and predefined pages that show commonly needed information. In predefined reports. EMC Storage Analytics links vrealize Operations Manager with an EMC Adapter. The adapter is bundled with a connector that enables vrealize Operations Manager to collect performance metrics. The adapter is installed with the vrealize Operations Manager user interface. The connector types are shown in Figure 1 on page 10. EMC Storage Analytics leverages the power of existing vcenter features to aggregate data from multiple sources and process the data with proprietary analytic algorithms. EMC Storage Analytics complies with VMware management pack certification requirements and has received the VMware Ready certification. Figure 1 EMC adapter architecture vr Ops vapp vrealize Operations Manager EMC Adapter Custom Dashboards, Views, Reports Merge and Proxy (MOXY) Adapter Framework Resource Discovery Metric Collection Services Event Processing Connectors vcenter Array Registration Topology Mapping VNX Block VNX File VMAX VNXe VPLEX XtremIO 10 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

11 Introduction Note Refer to the EMC Storage Analytics Release Notes for a list of supported product models. References Terminology This topic provides a list of documentation for reference. VMware vrealize Operations Manager documentation includes: vrealize Operations Manager Release Notes. Contains descriptions of known issues and workarounds. vrealize Operations Manager vapp Deployment and Configuration Guide. Explains installation, deployment, and management of vrealize Operations Manager. vrealize Operations Manager User Guide. Explains basic features and use of vrealize Operations Manager. vrealize Operations Manager Customization and Administration Guide. Describes how to configure and manage the vrealize Operations Manager custom interface. VMware documentation is available at EMC documention includes: EMC Storage Analytics Release Notes. Provides a list of the latest supported features, licensing information, and known bugs. EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide (this document). Provides installation and licensing instructions, a list of resource kinds and their metrics, and information about storage topologies and dashboards. This topic contains a list of commonly used terms. adapter A vrealize Operations Manager component that collects performance metrics from an external source like a vcenter or storage system. Third-party adapters such as the EMC Adapter are installed on the vrealize Operations Manager server to enable creation of adapter instances within vrealize Operations Manager. adapter instance A specific external source of performance metrics, such as a specific storage system. An adapter instance resource is an instance of an adapter that has a one-to-one relationship with an external source of data, such as a VNX storage system. dashboard A tab on the home page of the vrealize Operations Manager GUI. vrealize Operations Manager ships with default dashboards. Dashboards are also fully customizable by the end user. health rating An overview of the current state of any resource, from an individual operation to an entire enterprise. vrealize Operations Manager checks internal metrics for the resource and uses its proprietary analytics formulas to calculate an overall health score on a scale of 0 to 100. References 11

12 Introduction icon A pictorial element in a widget that enables a user to perform a specific function. Hovering over an icon displays a tooltip that describes the function. metric A category of data collected for a resource. For example, the number of read operations per second is one of the metrics collected for each LUN resource. resource Any entity in your environment for which vrealize Operations Manager can collect data. For example, LUN 27 is a resource. resource kind A general type of a resource, such as LUN or DISK. The resource kind dictates the type of metrics collected. widget An area of the EMC Storage Analytics graphical user interface (GUI) that displays metrics-related information. A user can customize widgets to their own environments. 12 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

13 CHAPTER 2 Installation and licensing This chapter contains the following topics. Installation overview Installation and operating requirements...16 Installing vrealize Operations Manager...19 Installing the EMC Adapter and dashboards Adapter instances Installation and licensing 13

14 Installation and licensing Installation overview EMC Storage Analytics consists of two installation packages. The two packages are: vrealize Operations Manager EMC Adapter Table 1 on page 14 lists the licensing requirements. Table 1 Licensing options for vrealize Operations Manager vrealize Operations Manager version vrealize Operations Manager Advanced or Enterprise Required license VMware license for vrealize Operations Manager Advanced or Enterprise EMC license for your storage array Notes Provides a view of all vcentermanaged resources, including EMC storage arrays. NOTICE If you purchase an electronic license for EMC Storage Analytics, you will receive a letter that directs you to an electronic licensing system to activate the software to which you are entitled. Otherwise, you will receive a physical license key. A 90-day trial license is available with EMC Storage Analytics for all supported products. The 90-day trial license provides the same features as a permanent license, but after 90 days of usage, the adapter stops collecting data. You can add a permanent license at any time. To collect metrics from resources, you must install the EMC Adapter. The license that EMC provides for the storage array is required to add the adapter instance. The adapter installation includes: Installing the EMC Adapter and dashboards. Adding one or more EMC adapter instances and applying license keys from EMC. Installing the EMC Adapter and dashboards on page 20 provides the installation instructions. Then you will add an EMC adapter license key for each storage instance and enter the EMC license key as described in Adding EMC Adapter instances for your storage system on page EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

15 Installation and licensing Table 2 on page 15 lists the installation and upgrade options for different objectives. To perform an installation or upgrade, refer to the instructions for the task that matches your objective. Table 2 Installation and Upgrade options Task Install VMware vrealize Operations Manager 6.0 and EMC Storage Analytics 3.0. Install EMC Storage Analytics 3.0 on a system running VMware vrealize Operations Manager 6.0. Upgrade EMC Adapter to EMC Storage Analytics 3.0 on a system running VMware vrealize Operations Manager 6.0. Instructions Installing vrealize Operations Manager on page 19 Installing the EMC Adapter and dashboards on page 20 Adding EMC Adapter instances for your storage system on page 24 Installing the EMC Adapter and dashboards on page 20 Adding EMC Adapter instances for your storage system on page Install a new instance of vrealize Operations Manager 6.0. See Installing vrealize Operations Manager on page Install EMC Storage Analytics 3.0 on vrealize Operations Manager Migrate the data from the old vcenter Operations Manager 5.8.x to the new vrealize Operations Manager 6.0 system. Note Refer to the vrealize Operations Manager vapp Deployment and Configuration Guide for information about migration-based upgrades to vrealize Operations Manager 6.0. NOTICE The EMC Storage Analytics Release Notes provide the most recent information about supported releases. Installation overview 15

16 Installation and licensing Installation and operating requirements Before installing the EMC Adapter, verify that these installation and operating requirements are satisfied. EMC Adapter requirements Supported vrealize Operations Manager versions vrealize Operations Manager Advanced or Enterprise editions from VMware Note EMC Storage Analytics does not support vrealize Operations Manager Foundation and Standard editions. Deploy the vapp for vrealize Operations Manager before installing the EMC Adapter. Check the vrealize Operations Manager vapp Deployment and Configuration Guide at for system requirements pertaining to your version of vrealize Operations Manager. Supported product models See the EMC Storage Analytics Release Notes for a complete list of supported product models. Supported web browser See the latest vrealize Operations Manager release notes for a list of supported browsers. VNX Block systems The EMC Adapter uses naviseccli to collect metrics from VNX Block systems. It is bundled into the EMC Adapter install file and is automatically installed along with the adapter. Storage processors require IP addresses that are reachable from the vrealize Operations Manager server. Bidirectional traffic for this connection flows through port 443 (HTTPS). Statistics logging must be enabled on each storage processor (SP) for metric collection (System > System Properties > Statistics Logging in Unisphere). VNX File systems CLI commands issued on the Control Station direct the EMC Adapter to collect metrics from VNX File systems. The Control Station requires an IP address that is reachable from the vrealize Operations Manager server. Bidirectional ethernet traffic flows through port 22 using Secure Shell (SSH). If you are using the EMC VNX nas_stig script for security (/nas/tools/nas_stig), do not use root in password credentials. Setting nas_stig to ON limits direct access for root accounts, preventing the adapter instance from collecting metrics for VNX File. SMI-S Provider for VMAX requirements The EMC SMI-S Provider for VMAX must be on the network and accessible through secure port 5989 (default) or nonsecure port 5988 for communication. If the SMI-S Provider is also used for vsphere vstorage API for Storage Awareness (VASA), follow the recommendations in the SMI-S Provider Release Notes to increase the number of available connections. The user configured in the EMC Adapter instance and connecting to the SMI-S instance must have the role of monitor or administrator. See Configuring a secure connection for VMAX adapters on page 126 for steps to configure secure port EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

17 Installation and licensing VPLEX EMC adapter instance Only one EMC adapter instance is required for VPLEX Local or VPLEX Metro. You can monitor both clusters in a VPLEX Metro by adding a single EMC adapter instance for one of the clusters. (Adding an EMC adapter instance for each cluster in a VPLEX Metro introduces unneccessary stress on the system.) VPLEX data migrations EMC VPLEX systems are commonly used to perform non-disruptive data migrations. When monitoring a VPLEX system with EMC Storage Analytics, a primary function is to perform analytics of trends on the storage system. When swapping a back-end storage system on VPLEX, the performance and trends for the entire VPLEX storage environment are impacted. Therefore, EMC recommends that you start a new EMC Storage Analytics baseline for the VPLEX after data migration. To start a new baseline: 1. Before you begin data migration, delete all resources associated with the existing EMC Storage Analytics VPLEX adapter instance. 2. Remove the existing EMC Storage Analytics VPLEX adapter instance by using the Manage Adapter Instances dialog. 3. Perform the data migration. 4. Create a new EMC Storage Analytics VPLEX adapter instance to monitor the updated VPLEX system. Optionally, you can stop the VPLEX adapter instance collects during the migration cycle. When collects are restarted after the migration, orphaned VPLEX resources will appear in EMC Storage Analytics, but those resources will be down. Remove the resources manually. XtremIO EMC Storage Analytics uses REST API is to interact with XtremIO arrays. Users must specify the IP address of the XtremIO Management Server (XMS) when adding an EMC Adapter for XtremIO. If enhanced performance is required, administrators can configure the thread count for the XtremIO adapter instance. See Configuring the thread count for an adapter instance on page 125. Minimum OE requirements See the EMC Storage Analytics Release Notes for a complete list of minimum OE requirements for supported product models. User accounts To create an EMC Adapter instance for a storage array, you must have a user account that allows you to connect to the storage array or SMI-S Provider. For example, to add an EMC Adapter for a VNX array, use a global account with operator or administrator role (a local account will not work). To create an EMC Adapter instance for vcenter (where Adapter Kind = EMC Adapter and Connection Type = VMware vsphere), you must have an account that allows you access to vcenter and the objects it monitors. In this case, vcenter enforces access credentials (not the EMC Adapter). To create an EMC Adapter instance for vcenter, use, at minimum, an account assigned to the Read-Only role at the root of vcenter, and enable propagation of permissions to descendant objects. Depending on the size of the vcenter, wait approximately 30 seconds before testing the EMC Adapter. More information on user accounts and access rights is available in the vsphere API/SDK Documentation (see information about authentication and authorization for ESXi and vcenter Server). Installation and operating requirements 17

18 Installation and licensing DNS configuration To use the EMC Adapter, the vrealize Operations Manager vapp requires network connectivity to the storage systems to be monitored. DNS must be correctly configured on the vrealize Operations Manager server to enable hostname resolution by the EMC Adapter. Time zone and synchronization settings Ensure time synchronization for all EMC Storage Analytics resources by using Network Time Protocol (NTP). Also, set correct time zones for EMC Storage Analytics resources (including the SMI-S Provider if using an adapter for VMAX) and related systems. Failure to observe these practices may affect the collection of performance metrics and topology updates. 18 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

19 Installation and licensing Installing vrealize Operations Manager Before you begin Obtain the OVA installation package for vrealize Operations Manager from VMware. Obtain a copy of the vrealize Operations Manager vapp Deployment and Configuration Guide at To deploy the vapp for vrealize Operations Manager, refer to the vrealize Operations Manager vapp Deployment and Configuration Guide. Procedure 1. Review the system requirements. 2. Follow instructions for installing vrealize Operations Manager. When assigning the vrealize Operations Manager license, enter the VMware license that you received. 3. Conclude the installation by following instructions for verifying the vrealize Operations Manager installation. Installing vrealize Operations Manager 19

20 Installation and licensing Installing the EMC Adapter and dashboards Before you begin Obtain the PAK file for the EMC Adapter. Note If using Internet Explorer, the installation file downloads as a ZIP file but functions the same way as the PAK file. WARNING Upgrading EMC Storage Analytics overwrites the standard dashboards. To customize a standard dashboard, clone it, rename it, and then customize it. To install the EMC Adapter and dashboards: Procedure 1. Save the PAK file in a temporary folder. 2. Start the vrealize Operations Manager administrative user interface in your web browser and log in as administrator. For example, enter 3. Select Administration > Solutions > Add to upload the.pak file. A message similar to this one displays in the Add Solution window: The.pak file has been uploaded and is ready to install. pak file details Name EMC Adapter Description Manages EMC systems such as VNX, VMAX... Version Click Next, read the license agreement, and check the check box to indicate agreement. Click Next again. Installation begins. Depending on your system perform, the installation can take 5 to 15 minutes to complete. 5. When the installation completes, click the Finish button. The EMC Adapter appears in the list of installed solutions. 20 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

21 Installation and licensing Adapter instances The vrealize Operations Manager requires an adapter instance for each resource to be monitored. The instance specifies the type of adapter to use and the information needed to identify and access the resource. With EMC Storage Analytics, the vrealize Operations Manager uses EMC Adapter instances to identify and access the resources. Supported adapter instances include: vcenter (prerequisite for other adapter instances) VNX File VNX Block VMAX VNXe VPLEX XtremIO See the EMC Storage Analytics Release Notes for a list of the supported models for each adapter instance and related OEs. If the vcenter adapter instance is not configured, other adapter instances will function normally but will not display visible connections between the VMware objects and the array objects. After adapter instances are created, the vrealize Operations Manager Collector requires several minutes to collect statistics, depending on the size of the storage array configuration. Large configurations can take up to 45 minutes to collect metrics and resources and update dashboards. This is a one-time event; future statistical collections run quickly. Adding an EMC Adapter instance for vcenter For users to traverse health trees from the virtual environment into the storage environment, EMC Storage Analytics requires you to install an EMC Adapter instance for vcenter. All storage system adapter instances require the EMC Adapter instance for vcenter, which you must add first. To add an EMC Adapter instance for vcenter: Procedure 1. Start the vrealize Operations Manager custom user interface and log in as admin. For example in a web browser, type: 2. Select Administration > Solutions. 3. Select EMC Adapter from the solutions list and click the Configure icon. The Manage Solution dialog box appears. 4. Click the Add icon to add a new adapter instance. Adapter instances 21

22 Installation and licensing 5. Configure the Adapter Settings and Basic Settings: Display Name Any descriptive name. For example, My vcenter. Description Connection Type License (optional) Management IP Optional description. VMware vsphere Leave blank. Not applicable for EMC Adapter instance for vcenter. IP address of the vcenter server. Array ID (optional) This field must be blank for VMware vsphere connection type. 6. In the Credential field, select any previously defined credentials for this storage system; otherwise click the Add New icon and configure these settings: Credential name Any descriptive name. For example, My VMware Credentials. Username Password Username that EMC Storage Analytics uses to connect to the VMware vrealize system. If a domain user is used, the format for the username is DOMAIN \USERNAME. Password for the EMC Storage Analytics username. 7. Click OK. 8. If required, configure the Advanced Settings: Collector vrealize Operations Manager Collector Log Level Configure log levels for each adapter instance. The four levels for logging information are ERROR, WARN, INFO, and DEBUG. ERROR The ERROR level logs only error conditions. The ERROR level provides the smallest amount of logging information. WARN The WARN level logs information when an operation completes successfully but there are issues with the operation. INFO The INFO level logs information about workflow. It describes how an operation occurs. DEBUG The DEBUG level logs all details related to an operation. If logging is set to DEBUG, all other levels of logging information are displayed in the log file. TRACE The TRACE level provides the most detailed information and context to understand the steps leading up to errors and warnings. The Manage Solution dialog box appears. 9. To test the adapter instance, click Test Connection. If the connection is correctly configured, a confirmation box appears. 22 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

23 Installation and licensing 10.Click OK. The new adapter instance polls for data every 5 minutes by default. At every interval, the adapter instance will collect information about the VMware vsphere datastore and virtual machines with Raw Device Mapping (RDM). Consumers of the registered VMware service can access the mapping information. Note To edit the polling interval, select Administration > Environment Overview > EMC Adapter Instance. Select the EMC Adapter instance you want to edit, and click the Edit Object icon. Adding an EMC Adapter instance for vcenter 23

24 Installation and licensing Adding EMC Adapter instances for your storage system Before you begin Pre-requisites: Install the EMC Adapter for vcenter Obtain the adapter license key for your storage system Each storage system requires an adapter instance. All storage system adapter instances require the EMC Adapter instance for vcenter. Add the EMC Adapter instance for vcenter first. Then add the adapter instances for each storage system. Adapter instances are licensed per array. Observe these exceptions and requirements: A VNX Unified array can use the same license for VNX File and VNX Block. Global Scope is required for VNX Block access. For VPLEX Metro, add an adapter instance for only one of the clusters (either one); this action enables you to monitor both clusters with a single adapter instance. Procedure 1. Start the vrealize Operations Manager custom user interface and log in as administrator. For example in a web browser, type: 2. Select Administration > Solutions. 3. Select EMC Adapter from the solutions list and click the Configure icon. The Manage Solution dialog box appears. 4. Click the Add icon to add a new adapter instance. 5. Configure the Adapter Settings and Basic Settings: Display Name Description License (optional) Any descriptive name. For example, My Storage System or the array ID. Optional description. License key required for the array. Verify that the license is for the array you want to monitor. The license key for the adapter instance appears on the Right to Use Certificate delivered to you or through electronic licensing, depending on your order. 24 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

25 Installation and licensing 6. Configure these settings based on the adapter instance for your product: Supported product Field: Connection Type Field: Management IP VNX Block arrays VNX Block Use the IP address of one Storage Processor (SP) in a single array. Do not add an adapter instance for each SP. VNX File and Unified models, VG2 and VG8 gateway models VMAX, VMAXe, VMAX 10K, VMAX 20K, VMAX 40K VNX File VMAX Use the IP address of the primary Control Station. Use the IP address of the configured SMI-S Provider (see note). VNXe3200 VNXe Use the IP address of the management server. VPLEX Local or VPLEX Metro VPLEX Use the IP address of the management server. For a Metro cluster, use the IP address of either management server, but not both. XtremIO XtremIO Use the IP address of the XtremIO Management Server. Field: Array ID (optional) Not applicable Not applicable Required Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable Note When adding a VMAX adapter instance, EMC Storage Analytics will use a secure connection to the SMI-S Provider using HTTPS port 5989 by default. This requires a certificate import (see Configuring a secure connection for VMAX adapters on page 126). To bypass certificate authentication and use HTTP instead of HTTPS, use <SMI-S IP Address>:5988 in the Management IP field. 7. In the Credential field, select any previously defined credentials for this storage system; otherwise click the Add New icon and configure these settings: Field Credential name Username Value to enter A name for the credentials information. Username that EMC Storage Analytics uses to connect to the storage system. For VNX File, use the credentials of the Control Station. For VNX Block, use the credentials of the Storage Processor. For VMAX, use the credentials of an ECOM user with monitor or administrator privileges. The default user/password combination is admin/#1password. For VNXe, use the credentials of the management server. Adding EMC Adapter instances for your storage system 25

26 Installation and licensing Field Value to enter For VPLEX, use the credentials of the management server (for example, the service user). The default credentials are service/ For XtremIO, use the credentials of the XtremIO Management Server. Password Password for the EMC Storage Analytics username on the storage system. 8. Click OK. The Manage Solution dialog reappears. 9. If required, configure the Advanced Settings: Collector Automatically select collector Log Level Configure log levels for each adapter instance. The four levels for logging information are ERROR, WARN, INFO, and DEBUG. ERROR The ERROR level logs only error conditions. The ERROR level provides the smallest amount of logging information. WARN The WARN level logs information when an operation completes successfully but there are issues with the operation. INFO The INFO level logs information about workflow. It describes how an operation occurs. DEBUG The DEBUG level logs all details related to an operation. If logging is set to DEBUG, all other levels of logging information are displayed in the log file. TRACE The TRACE level provides the most detailed information and context to understand the steps leading up to errors and warnings. The Manage Solution dialog box appears. 10.Click Test Connection to validate the values you entered. If the adapter instance is correctly configured, a confirmation box appears. NOTICE Testing an adapter instance validates the values you entered. Failure to do this step causes the adapter instance to change to the (red) warning state if you enter invalid values and do not validate them. 11.To finish adding the adapter instance, click OK. 26 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

27 Installation and licensing Editing EMC Adapter instances for your storage system Before you begin Install the EMC Adapter Configure the EMC Adapter instance for your storage system Obtain an adapter license key for your storage system The EMC Adapter instances for storage systems require licenses. Adapter instances are licensed per storage array. A VNX Unified array can use the same license for VNX File and VNX Block. Procedure 1. Start the vrealize Operations Manager custom user interface and log in as administrator. For example in a web browser, type: 2. Select Administration > Environment Overview > EMC Adapter Instance 3. Select the EMC adapter you want to edit and click the Edit Object icon. The Edit Object dialog appears. 4. Edit the fields you need to change. See Adding EMC Adapter instances for your storage system on page 24 for field descriptions. 5. To finish editing the adapter instance, click OK. Editing EMC Adapter instances for your storage system 27

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29 CHAPTER 3 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards This chapter contains the following topics. Topology mapping...30 EMC dashboards EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards 29

30 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards Topology mapping Topology mapping is viewed and traversed graphically using vrealize Operations Manager health trees. The dashboards developed for EMC Storage Analytics utilize topology mapping to display resources and metrics. EMC Storage Analytics establishes mappings between: Storage system components Storage system objects and vcenter objects Topology mapping enables health scores and alerts from storage system components, such as storage processors and disks, to appear on affected vcenter objects, such as LUNs, datastores, and VMs. Topology mapping between storage system objects and vcenter objects uses a vcenter adapter instance. 30 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

31 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VNX Block topology EMC Storage Analytics implements the following topology for VNX Block. Figure 2 VNX Block topology VMware Host Array Instance Datastore Datastore Datastore LUN LUN LUN LUN Physical Host SP A SP B Storage Pool RAID Group SP Front End Port SP Front End Port Fast Cache SP Front End Port SP Front End Port Tier Tier Tier Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk Disk VNX Block topology 31

32 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VNX File topology EMC Storage Analytics implements the following topology for VNX File. Figure 3 VNX File topology VMware Host Datastore Datastore Datastore Array Instance NFS Export NFS Export NFS Export File System File System File System VDM File Pool File Pool Data Mover (standby) Data Mover Data Mover Disk Volume Disk Volume Disk Volume Transi on to VNX, VNXe, VMAX, or XtremIO Resources Topology VNX Block LUNs, VMAX Devices, or XtremIO Volumes or Snapshots 32 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

33 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VMAX topology EMC Storage Analytics implements the following topology for VMAX. Figure 4 VMAX topology VMware Datastore VNX dvol VMAX Array Storage Group Storage Group Remote Replica Group Remote Replica Group Device Device Device Device FAST VP Policy Device Device SRDF Director Tier Front-End Director Front-End Director Thin Pool Front-End Port Front-End Port Thin Pool Front-End Port Front-End Port VMAX topology 33

34 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VMAX topology rules The following rules govern how objects are displayed in the VMAX topology dashboard and which metrics are collected for them. vrealize Operations Manager does not display devices that are unmapped and unbound. vrealize Operations Manager does not display devices that are mapped and bound but unused by VMware, VNX, or VPLEX. Performance metrics for these devices are aggregated into the parent Storage Group performance metrics. If the corresponding EMC vsphere adapter instance is running on the same vrealize Operations Manager appliance, then the vrealize Operations Manager displays devices that are mapped, bound, and used by VMware datastores or RDMs. If the corresponding EMC VNX File adapter instance is running on the same vrealize Operations Manager appliance, then the vrealize Operations Manager displays devices that are mapped, bound, and used by VNX File Disk Volumes. A VMAX device will display when the corresponding VPLEX adapter instance is added. vrealize Operations Manager does not display Storage Groups with unmapped and unbound devices. vrealize Operations Manager displays Storage Groups that contain mapped and bound devices, and their metrics are aggregates of the member devices. 34 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

35 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VNXe topology EMC Storage Analytics implements the following topology for VNXe. Figure 5 VNXe topology VMware Resources Topology VMware NFS Datastore VMware VMFS Datastore VNXe Resources Topology EMC adapter instance LUN Group NFS Export File System LUN NAS Server Storage Pool Storage Processor Tier Fast Cache Disk Disk Disk Disk VNXe topology 35

36 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VPLEX Local topology EMC Storage Analytics implements the following topology for VPLEX Local. Figure 6 VPLEX Local topology Virtual Machine VMware Datastore Transi on to VMware Resources Topology VPLEX Resources Topology Cluster-1 Storage View Engine 1-1 Engine 1-2 Virtual Volume RAID-1_1_vol FC Ports Director-1-1-A Director-1-1-B Director-1-2-A Director-1-2-B Device RAID-1_1 FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports Extent extent_1 extent_2 Storage Volume Stor_Vol1 Stor_Vol2 Storage Array Stor_Array_1 Resource VNX Block LUNs, VMAX Devices, or XtremIO Volumes or Snapshots Transi on to VNX, VNXe, VMAX, or XtremIO Resources Topology VNX, VNXe, VMAX, or XtremIO Adapter Instance 36 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

37 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VPLEX Metro topology EMC Storage Analytics implements the following topology for VPLEX Metro. Figure 7 VPLEX Metro topology Virtual Machine VMware Datastore Transi on to VMware Resources Topology VPLEX Resources Topology VPLEX Metro Cluster-1 Cluster-2 Storage View Engine 1-1 Engine 1-2 Storage View Storage View Engine 2-1 Engine 2-2 RAID-1_1_vol FC Ports Director-1-1-A Director-1-1-B Director-1-2-A Director-1-2-B FC Ports dd_00_vol FC Ports Director-2-1-A Director-2-1-B Director-2-2-A Director-2-2-B RAID-1_1 FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports dd_00 FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports FC & Ethernet Ports localdev_cluster1 localdev_cluster2 extent_1 extent_2 extent_3 extent_4 Stor_Vol_1 Stor_Vol_2 Stor_Vol_3 Stor_Vol_4 Stor_Array_1 Stor_Array_2 VNX Block LUNs, VMAX Devices, or XtremIO Volumes or Snapshots VNX, VNXe, VMAX, or XtremIO Adapter Instance VNX Block LUNs, VMAX Devices, or XtremIO Volumes or Snapshots Transi on to VNX, VNXe, VMAX, or XtremIO Resources Topology VNX, VNXe, VMAX, or XtremIO Adapter Instance NTAP3 VPLEX Metro topology 37

38 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards XtremIO topology XtremIO implements the following topology for XtremIO. Figure 8 XtremIO topology VMware Resources Topology Virtual Machine VMware Datastore VMware Datastore VMware Datastore Adapter Instance EMC XtremIO Resources Topology Snapshot Cluster Snapshot Snapshot Volume Volume Volume X-Brick X-Brick Storage Controller Storage Controller Storage Controller Storage Controller Data Protection Group Data Protection Group SSD SSD SSD SSD SSD SSD 38 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

39 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards EMC dashboards Use dashboards to view metrics. The standard dashboards are delivered as templates - if a dashboard is accidentally deleted or changed, you can generate a new one. Table 3 on page 39 lists the EMC dashboards available for each EMC product. Table 3 Dashboard-to-product matrix Dashboard name VNX VNXe VMAX VPLEX XtremIO Storage Topology X X X X X Storage Metrics X X X X X <product_name> Overview X X X X X <product_name> Topology X X X X --- <product_name> Metrics X X X --- X Top-N <product_name> X X X --- X <product_name> Performance X X VPLEX Communication X --- Storage Topology dashboard You can use the standard vrealize Operations Manager dashboard customization features to create additional dashboards that are based on your site requirements (some restrictions may apply). The Storage Topology dashboard provides an entry point for viewing resources and relationships between storage and virtual infrastructure objects. Click the Storage Topology tab. Details for every object in every widget are available by selecting the object and clicking the Object Detail icon at the top of the widget. The Storage Topology dashboard contains the following widgets: Storage System Selector This Resource widget filters the EMC Adapter instances that are found in each storage system. To populate the Storage Topology and Health widget, select an instance name. Storage Topology and Health This Health Tree widget provides a navigable visualization of resources and virtual infrastructure resources. Single-click to select resources, or double-click to change the navigation focus. To populate the Parent Resources and Child Resources widgets, select a resource in this widget. Parent resources This widget lists the parent resources of the resource selected in the Storage Topology and Health widget. Child resources This widget lists the child resources of the resource selected in the Storage Topology and Health widget. EMC dashboards 39

40 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards Storage Metrics dashboard Click the Storage Metrics tab to display resource and metrics for storage systems and view graphs of resource metrics. The Storage Metrics dashboard contains the following widgets: Storage System Selector This Resource widget lists all configured EMC Adapter instances. To populate the Resource Selector widget, select an instance name. Resource Selector This Health Tree widget lists each resource associated with the adapter instance selected in the Storage System Selector. To populate the Metric Picker widget, select a resource. Metric Picker This widget lists all the metrics that are collected for the resource selected in the Resource Selector widget. The search feature of this widget allows users to locate specific objects. Double-click a metric to create a graph of the metric in the Metric Graph widget. Metric Graph This widget graphs the metrics selected in the Metric Picker widget. Display multiple metrics simultaneously in a single graph or in multiple graphs. 40 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

41 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VNX Overview dashboard Click the VNX Overview tab to view a collection of heat maps that provide a single view of the performance and capacity for all VNX resources with configured adapter instances. Heat maps on this dashboard group the contents by adapter instance. The VNX Overview dashboard displays the following heat maps: CPU performance This heat map displays the CPU utilization of each Storage Processor and Data Mover on each configured adapter instance. The color of the heat map entries shows % busy: Green indicates 0% busy. Red indicates 100% busy. FAST cache performance This heat map has two modes: Read Cache Hit Ratio and Write Cache Hit Ratio. To select the mode, use the Configuration menu. The Read/Write Cache Hit Ratio (%) is the number of FAST Cache read or write hits divided by the total number of read or write I/Os across all RG LUNs and Pools configured to use FAST Cache. The color of the heat map entries shows hit ratios: Green indicates a high FAST Cache hit ratio. Red indicates a low FAST Cache hit ratio. A low value on an idle array is acceptable. Gray indicates that there is no FAST Cache present on the VNX systems identified by the adapter instances and a Heat Map not configured message appears with the heat map. Pool capacity This heat map has four modes: RAID Group Available Capacity, Storage Pool Capacity Utilization, Storage Pool Available Capacity, and File Pool Available Capacity. In Capacity Utilization mode, the color of the heat map entries shows the value of the % full metric for all non-raid Group storage pools: Green indicates 0% full. Red indicates 100% full. In Available Capacity mode, the color of the heap map entries shows the value of the Available Capacity (GB) metric: Green indicates the largest available capacity on any storage pool for any of the configured adapter instances. Red indicates 0 GB available. VNX Overview dashboard 41

42 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards LUN and file system performance This heat map has several modes. In LUN Utilization mode, the color of the heat map entries show the % busy metric for all LUNs grouped by adapter instance: Green indicates 0% busy. Red indicates 100% busy. In LUN Latency mode, the color of the heat map entries shows the value of the Latency (ms) metric: Green indicates 0 ms latency. Red indicates 20 ms or greater latency and is configurable. Latency values appear for RAID Group LUNs. Pool LUNS appear in white with no latency values reported. In LUN Read IOPs mode, the color of the heat map entries shows the relative number of read IO operations per second serviced by the LUN. The color ranges from light green to dark green. Dark green indicates the highest number of read IO operations per second serviced by any LUN listed in the heat map. In LUN Write IOPS mode, the color of the heat map entries shows the relative number of write IO operations per second serviced by the LUN. The color ranges from light green to dark green. Dark green indicates the highest number of write IO operations per second serviced by any LUN listed in the heat map. In File System Read IOPs mode, the color of the heat map shows the relative number of read IO operations per second serviced by the file system. The color ranges from light green to dark green. Dark green indicates the highest number of read IO operations per second serviced by any file system listed in the heat map. In File System Write IOPS mode, the color of the heat map entries shows the relative number of write IO operations per second serviced by the file system. The color ranges from light green to dark green. Dark green indicates the highest number of write IO operations per second serviced by any file system listed in the heat map. 42 EMC Storage Analytics Installation and User Guide

43 EMC Storage Analytics Dashboards VMAX Overview dashboard Click the VMAX Overview tab to view a collection of heat maps that provide a single view of the performance and capacity for all VMAX resources with configured adapter instances. Heat maps on this dashboard group the contents by adapter instance. The VMAX Overview dashboard displays the following heat maps. For each heat map and selected metric, the configured VMAX adapter is shown: Thin Pool Usage This heat map displays the Percent Allocated metric. Percent Allocated displays the allocated capacity in each thin pool. The color of the heat map entries ranges from green to red and corresponds to the percent allocated as follows: Green indicates that 0% of the thin pool is allocated. Yellow indicates that 50% of the thin pool is allocated. Red indicates that 100% of the thin pool is allocated. Storage Group This heat map has four modes: Total Reads (IO/s), Total Writes (IO/s), Read Latency (ms), and Write Latency (ms). Total Reads and Writes represent the aggregate reads or writes for all LUNs in the storage group. Write and Read Latency is the average write or read latency of all LUNs in the storage group. For Total Reads and Writes, the color of the heat map entries shows the relative number of total reads or writes across all the storage groups. The color ranges from light blue to dark blue. Dark blue indicates the storage group(s) with the highest number of total reads or writes while light blue indicates the lowest. Because the range of values for total reads or writes has no lower or upper limits, the numerical difference between light and dark blue may be very small. For Write and Read Latency, the color of the heat map entries is based on a scale of latency from 0 to 40ms. This scale is a based on average customer requirements and may not represent a customer's particular requirements for latency. In such cases, EMC recommends adjusting the scale appropriately. The color of the heat map entries ranges from green to red as follows: Green indicates a latency of 0ms. Yellow indicates a latency of 20ms. Red indicates a latency of 40ms. VMAX Overview dashboard 43